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March 5, 2012

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Oldest Fleas discovered

by wordlesstech team

Oldest Fleas discovered from the Early Cretaceous

These photos provided by Nature show the most ancient fleas, a super-sized female flea 10 times larger than today’s bloodsuckers, from the Early Cretaceous (left) and female and male fleas from the Middle Jurassic.

(D. Huang/Nature)

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  1. Eric
    Apr 26 2012

    Any DNA that might be able to be taken from the blood they consumed??

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